University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service Records

Collection

Identifier: MC 1145

Staff Only
Select files to request

Scope and Content Note

Much of the printed material has been removed for separate cataloging in the Arkansas Collection or to include with serials previously cataloged. The topical files were created by the organization's administrative headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas. A wide variety of materials such as reports, memorandum, printed ephemera and photographs were gathered by Extension Service personnel into Folders bearing extremely broad subject headings. The arrangement of the topical Folders as described herein preserves the original labels, although some duplication has been eliminated and extremely thick files have been subdivided.

Dates

Creation: 1914-1988

Creator

University of Arkansas (System). Cooperative Extension Service (Organization)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical Note

The Cooperative Extension Service is an agency for rural development administered jointly by the University of Arkansas, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the various county governments in the state of Arkansas. First organized in 1914 by authority of the Smith-Lever Act passed by the U.S. Congress, the Cooperative Extension Service combined programs of the Department of Agriculture with extension work carried on by the University of Arkansas. Initially the organization was known as Agricultural Extension Service, but in 1968 the name changed to the Cooperative Extension Service. The organization also sponsors 4-H clubs, home demonstration clubs, and assumes the duties of public education in the fields of agriculture and home economics.

Extent

7 Linear Feet (10 Boxes)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

The records have been arranged in eight series by subject.

County agent narrative and statistical reports
County development plans
Historical appraisal of extension work
Gene Word research papers
4-H Club brochures
Printed ephemera
Topical files
Arkansas Extension Service Personnel Photographs,

Acquisition Information

Historical and topical files created by the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service administrative offices were donated to Special Collections by Wanda House of Little Rock, Arkansas, on September 25, 1991.